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Indirect Legislation §

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they can expect any considerable share of positive
assistance at the hands of government: and this
only upon the supposition of thier not being able to do
without: for by the same rule in general if it were right
that Peter should be taxed to for the support of
Paul, by the same rule should Paul be taxed
to support Peter; which would render the
arrangement of no use to either. except in case
of inequality of
riches
The making provision for the maintenance of those who are poor
and unable to provide for themselves is
therefore the only expedient of any account which
the state can put in practise with the view
in question. Now for the making of this provision
there are two sets of interests which operate
as inducements: 1. the interests of the
poor themselves: 2. the interests of other persons rest of the community
at large. in as far as the interest It is only
in the latter point of view that the expedient
in question applies is to the present purpose. A
man who has nothing is destitute of a maintenance
is stimulated by the most irresistable
of all motives to the commission of
all sorts of crimes the which can have the effect
of
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Identifier: | JB/087/086/002"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 87.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	not numbered
Box	087	Main Headings	indirect legislation
Folio number	086	Info in main headings field	indirect legislation
Image	002	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f1 / f2 / f3 / f4
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::r williams [britannia with shield emblem]]]
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer	c. hamilton
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	27611
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